Attachment for bedsteads



Patented May 23, I899.

B. L. FISCHER.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNHARD L. FISCHER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,496, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed March 2 9 1 8 9 8.

T0 :1 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNEARD L. FISCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for bedsteads for supporting the bedclothes above the body during warm weather; and the object is to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device that can be easily attached to any bedstead without marring or disfiguring the same, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a bedstead, on or about line a a, Fig. 2, showing my improved device connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a bedstead, showing a similar view of my improved device. Fig. 3 represents a detached side elevation of one of the removable supporting portions. Fig. 4 represents a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a detached side elevation, showing a slightly-modified construction of the supporting-base. Fig. 6 represents a side elevation of a removable supporting portion adapted for an iron bedstead. Fig. 7 represents a top plan view of the same.

In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals represent like parts.

I have illustrated my invention as attached to an ordinary bedstead, 1 designating the bedstead-frame, and 2 the slats.

The device preferably consists of three supports 3, formed of spring material and bent in the angle form shown in Fig. 1; but two or more may be employed. The lower ends or shanks 4 of the supports are square or irregular in form or cross-section, and they are preferably provided at the bend with the coiled portions 5. The forward ends of the supports are bent to form the loops 6, and the supplemental supports or arms 7 are also provided with looped ends 8, the said arms being supported by passing the substantially horizontal portions of the supports through the loops of the supplemental arms and the supple- Seriel No. 675,535. (No model.)

mental arms through the looped ends of the supports, thus afiording a range of horizontal adjustment for the supplemental arms. The lower ends of the supports are inserted in the sockets 9 of the portions 10, which are provided with slotted or hooked portions adapted to be placed upon or hooked over the bed-slats or the sides of the bedstead-frame.

The portions 10 when adapted to be supported upon the sides of an iron bedstead are provided with the hooked portions 11, the upper side 12 of the lower section of the hook being beveled to permit the device to be easily placed upon or removedfrom the side of the bedstead. (See Fig. 6.)

The portions employed in connection with the slats are diiterently formed, being provided with slots 13, into and through which the slats are inserted and passed. This form is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. 1

The socket is formed to correspondto the square or irregular form of the shank 4, and thus prevents any rotary. movement of the shank therein.

The supports are connected together and strengthened by means of the transverse bar or brace 14, which is passed through the looped ends of said supports, substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

The ends of the transverse bar and the supplemental arms are provided with knobs 15, of rubber or similar material, to prevent the marring or disfigurement of the polished or ornamental surface of the bedstead.

My improved device can be attached to any of the well-known bedsteads or lounges without disfiguring the exterior or ornamental portions by attaching supports thereto and is adapted to support the bedclothes above the body, and thus render the sleeper more comfortable during hot weather. A mosquito or fly netting 16 can also be supported, if desired, the supplemental extensible arms affording means for supporting the netting over the entire bed.

I claim as my invention- 1. A device for supporting bedclothes, comprising two or more socketed portions having slotted or hooked portions adapted to slip or hook upon the side or slat of a bedstead, angle-supports having their lower ends supported in the sockets of said portions and supplemental arms adjustably attached to said supports, as set forth.

2. A device for supporting bedclothes, comprising two or more socketed portions having slotted or hookedportions adapted to slip or hook upon the side or slat of a bedstead, angle-supports having their lower ends supported in the sockets of said portions and their :0 upper ends provided with loops, supplemental arms passed through said loops and having looped ends through which the supports in turn are passed and a transverse bar or brace also passed through the looped ends of the supports, as set forth.

BERNI-IARD L. FISCHER Witnesses G.'A. NEUBAUER, A. J. SANGSTER. 

